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The Prediction of Safety Margins at Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

J. Hagart
J. Hagart
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(University of Dundee)
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Abstract

The feasibility of utilizing psychometric tests to investigate accident liability at sea has previously been reported. Analyses of four psychometric tests and ship handling measures, using the statistical techniques of factor analysis and discriminant analysis, investigate the relationship between safety margins and accident liability and support and expand upon earlier conclusions. Evidence is also provided on the validity of a perception-of-risk test for navigators.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , May 1983 , pp. 211 - 219
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1983

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